I agree with Christine - we use our online catalog and show people how
to use it...however I don't think there's a way to select the newest
items in the collection. Instead of a listing of all our videos, which
changes every week, we do a monthly online newsletter noting monthly
arrivals. We do print off some of these for faculty who request it,
some to stay on our counter, but mostly we just use our newsletter.
And, of course if a faculty member requests a "mediagraphy" on his/her
subject area, we will do that. But otherwise, no way on the complete
media catalog-

We have not as I well remember my last job where the faculty clung to
ancient editions of the media list and stubbornly refused to consider
using the catalog. I encourage the faculty here to learn to use a
keyword and the word "videorecording" or learn how to limit their search
in the catalog. Of course, most of them just find things by browsing.
This next year we are making a concerted effort to personally contact
someone in an academic department when a good title arrives. Although
some of our purchases are faculty driven, we are proactive in growing
the collection which now numbers almost 7500 items.

We do, and each year the print list gets longer and more expensive to
print.
Last year we published a simple alphabetical listing of titles, with
short descriptions, and left off the subject index.
Clients complained, but adding the subject index back will create a
truly unweildy document!
We have a perfectly good online catalog, but instructors cling to the
print one.
Does anyone out there still publish a print catalog?
If so, how much information do you include--title, notes, subject index?
Any ideas for making this print list better will be much appreciated!

VIDEOLIB is intended to encourage the broad and lively discussion of
issues relating to the selection, evaluation, acquisition,bibliographic
control, preservation, and use of current and evolving video formats in
libraries and related institutions. It is hoped that the list will serve
as an effective working tool for video librarians, as well as a channel
of communication between libraries,educational institutions, and video
producers and distributors.

VIDEOLIB is intended to encourage the broad and lively discussion of
issues relating to the selection, evaluation, acquisition,bibliographic
control, preservation, and use of current and evolving video formats in
libraries and related institutions. It is hoped that the list will serve
as an effective working tool for video librarians, as well as a channel
of communication between libraries,educational institutions, and video
producers and distributors.

VIDEOLIB is intended to encourage the broad and lively discussion of issues relating to the selection, evaluation, acquisition,bibliographic control, preservation, and use of current and evolving video formats in libraries and related institutions. It is hoped that the list will serve as an effective working tool for video librarians, as well as a channel of communication between libraries,educational institutions, and video producers and distributors.
Received on Mon Jun 1 09:54:18 2009